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Clear clutter, clutter, clutter

In the "before" days, I had a clean , organized home, with a family, and stressful job. Over the years on disability with Fibro & Lupus, My house is overwhelmed with clutter, dust, and chaos. I'm only able to do work for short periods of time, where in the past I could do it all at once. I look at it and feel overwhelmed and then don't do anything. I've tried my organizational tips and I really know how to do it, but it seems to be an all or nothing mentality. Does anyone have any sucessful tips on clearing clutter, and I mean a lot of clutter? Thanks

If I don't use something in a years time...either I never will or it is not worth the space and it goes in the yard sale, church yard sale or charity. If you are not sentimentally attached to knick knacks get rid of them.
No blinds, too hard to clean when they get really dirty, use hooks that you can just drape over the hooks to decorate windows....so easy to take down, wash and put back up. Filing cabinets are great storage spaces. That's all I can think of at the moment. Other than those plastic storage bins on rollers if you are a crafter.

why don't u do(get some one to do it for u|) a yard sale and treat yourself to a short break or buy ur self somthing that will make u better.cleanin and declutter help with the depression use it as cheep theripay clear the cobwebs in ur head and don't keep holing all that suff.it will not give u back the life u once had or the person that it represents

I do 1 room at a time. Actually I even break the room up because my health doesn't allow me to clean like I used. I either will clean for 1 hr. then take a little break. Sometimes I say I am going to fill up 1 garage bag for clothes for goodwill or maybe a friend.( I just gave a friend almost 3 bags of clothes.) Sometimes I will clean a room from 1 wall to the next. Then stop. I always give myself a reward for doing a good job. It might take me 1 week to get a room done. But boy am I proud when I finish. But don't look at a room or project as a whole because it is too overwhelming. Break it down into several little projects. I also but those rubber maid containers. I love to organize. I am very weird. Lots of luck. You can do it.

4 Years ago, I was down to nothing, I had the neccesities in my home, had gotten rid of everything else, because I could Not keep up Plus work outside the home..

JUST when i got rid of all that extra stuff, I married a pack rat...Go Figure...I no Longer work outside the home, so I can keep up a Bit...but come to my house honey, if ur house gets a bit dusty, a bit cluttered, you will feel Right at Home here with me...

it did not Bother me to get rid of things...I either sold it at a garage sale, or gave it away...or threw it if I thought no one else would want it...I had my place wittled down within a month...when my husband and 2 of his Employees moved me into His house right before we got married, it took them Less then an hour...I was packed and Outa there...no kidding...and I remember feeling such Peace...calm...was an ODD sensation for getting rid of MY THINGS !!

Go through your things, one closet at a time, one drawer per day and put things in a box you have not used for over a year, Donate them for someone else can make use of the things you dont need or use.
Do the same with clothes and shoes.

I have collections of glass cats figureines, odds and ends, miniature cups and saucers, jewelry, books, papers etc. that I need to either toss or store in boxes, and three boxes of various items that I need to go through and toss, keep etc. I once had the dust etc. gone and I know have it again. I will soap and water to wash off my miniature cups and saucers this coming Friday or Saturday, and then will put them in a box wrapped in paper towels. I will then polish the miniature teaspoons that I have collected and polish them with silverpolish and put them in the same box as the cups and saucers.

Go to www.flylady.net and take a look at the way they suggest this be done. It's a great system and has helped me and a lot of other people both declutter and keep things tidy, even when we can't do but a little at a time.

Flylady's motto is &quot;you can do anything for 15 minutes!&quot; I think that makes it a perfect system for many of us!

I am a Feng Shui consultant and the number one reason people hire me is to get rid of clutter. I suggest: get someone to work with you and start at one area. I suggest to start with the front door and work out from it. Everyone should be able to keep one small area neat. It helps to go to that one area and sit so that you have proof that you can control something.

Start as small as possible. If doing 1 closet at a time drains you, start with one shelf in said closet. Take sanity breaks every 1/2 hour or so. be brutal when you go through stuff. If you have to ask &quot;do I really need this?&quot; chances are pretty good that you don't. If you think I *might* need this and can't bear to part with it right now, put in in a box and write the date on the box. If in 6 months to a year, the box is unopened, just get rid of it.

The biggest thing I struggle with is I finish in one room and move to the next. In that room I find stuff that belongs in the room I just finished. Make sure you spend the time to put things away or get rid of them right away, or you are just moving the clutter from room to room

My husband and I have GROS day every Wednesday--get rid of stuff. We throw it away or give it away every Wednesday. We have cleaned out our attic, some drawers and are now working on closets and the garage.

You have to do it a bit at a time and alternate between sitting and standing so you are not in the same position for to long and once you have slogged through and got it done follow some of the other tips dont let it build up again. Keep your surfaces clear so that you can just run a duster over them, Keep the middle of the rooms clear so that you can get the vac around without moving furniture. Just take it slowly but stop adding things to it as that will make your job harder.

Try getting some rubbermaid bins and labeling them for particular rooms or place that the clutter belongs. Go through one room at a time and toss everything that belongs somewhere else into the proper bins. Then you can take the bins to the proper rooms and sit down to go through them and get things reorganized. I did this a few months back and it really helped me feel less overwhelmed. I got all the clutter into the bins and then could whittle away at it a little at a time when I felt up to it. The biggest job for me is always the mail, junk mail, and papers that get out of hand. It helped so much to get them all in one place so I could sit in my recliner and go through them. I also got one of those filing boxes (cardboard) and put files in it with the proper labels *before* I went through the papers so I had a place to put them as I went through them. Hugs, Fern

I moved a year ago and what I did was pack the most important items I wanted to keep. Then I went back around and packed items I may need later on. Then...The rest went into a Garage sale. Anything left I gave away to the Salvation Army and a group called Battered wives and children.
My house isn't as cluttered but if I don't watch it, I'll be right back up there. Go room to room.

Hey Hens, Well I took a vote between my dh and two youngest boys to see if they wanted me to cook a Christmas dinner. All three voted yes so looks like I am cooking. Honestly I am not looking forward to it. I don't know that I'm up to it. But I will try for them. So on the menu is:Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, green beans, baked corn cassarole, sweet potato cassarole, home...

Hi, sure has been a long time. How are you girls doing. I've been thinking a lot about the Hen House the last few days and decided to pop on and see who was here....if anyone after all this time. Lol. I'm not doing much. Still crafting. Still fighting fibro but I think I'm actually doing a little better these days.How was your Thanksgiving? Christmas is lurking.....who has their shopping done? I...

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